Current Program Highlights

WISHH Chair Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare and Treasurer Bob Haselwood honored five young professionals upon their completion of WISHH’s 16-week aquaculture training in Ghana. The May graduates demonstrate how WISHH’s United Soybean Board-supported internship program cultivates innovation and opportunities for the future

ASA’s WISHH recognizes May as Trade Month by highlighting its work connecting trade and development with Mathew Bonso, owner of a 50,000-bird flock in Ghana.  “I prefer U.S. soy because I learned about its quality through WISHH,” says Bonso. Shortly

ASA’s WISHH organized meetings with the world’s leading global food security organizations based in Rome where the soy delegation repeatedly received feedback that it was important to have U.S. soybean farmers’ voices and views heard in Rome. WISHH Chair Roberta

In conjunction with World Trade Month this May, the American Soybean Association has announced two new members have been appointed to its World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program committee. Soybean growers Heather Feuerstein of Belding, Michigan, and Daniel

This week, ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program’s Cambodian aquaculture project hosted the U.S. Agency for International Development Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at Mississippi State University. Mark Lawrence, Ph.D., the program’s director, provides activity

Asian market growth is another reason to celebrate April as Soy Foods Month. ASA/WISHH is building new Asian markets for U.S. identity preserved (IP) food soybeans by leveraging USDA program funding with U.S. soy checkoff investments. As a result, tofu

This week, ASA’s World initiative for Soy in Human Health program began setting up aeration trials at two commercial aquaculture farms in Ghana. Funded by the Nebraska Soybean Board, the trials are conducted to assess the economic viability of using

The ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program is sponsoring five interns from WISHH partner Flosell Farms to participate in Aquaculture Ghana, an aquaculture industry conference taking place at the World Trade Center in the capital city of

ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program is collaborating with SNI Global for Soy Foods Month this April. SNI Global recognizes the value of U.S. soy in providing high-quality protein. Some of its content in April discusses the

ASA/WISHH’s Cambodia team met with Washington, D.C.-based USDA Foreign Agricultural Service staff who traveled to Cambodia to review implementation of a USDA McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program led by the World Food Programme and partners. The

WISHH featured its trade, development and global food security work last week during a Commodity Classic main stage event. With the support of the United Soybean Board, WISHH Executive Director Gena Perry, USB Chair Meagan Kaiser and USSEC Chair Doug

As global food security continues to make daily headlines, the American Soybean Association’s WISHH Program continues to educate audiences on how U.S. soy and U.S. soybean growers lead on this topic. WISHH’s three pillars of trade, development, and food security

The American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program is joining the Chamber of Aquaculture Ghana (COA) as part of its continuing aquaculture work in Africa. Along with select partners, WISHH will join COA as a platinum

The American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program is traveling to Southeast Asia to receive updates on WISHH’s soy food and feed projects in the region. Led by North Dakota soybean grower and WISHH Program Committee

The American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program sponsored the travel and participation of strategic partners from Ethiopia, Ghana, and Senegal to the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia from January 24-26, 2023.

The American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program sponsored the travel and participation of four people from Ethiopia, Ghana, and Senegal to the International Poultry Short Course at the University of Georgia. WISHH escorted the group

ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program continues discussions with companies utilizing U.S. soy in food production in order to feed populations worldwide. As part of their USB-funded thought leader meetings, WISHH received a briefing from Lubbock-based Breedlove

As 2023 kicks off, ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program continues to partner with Edesia Nutrition – a company utilizing U.S. soy in the production of Ready to Use Supplementary Foods that are shipped widely around the

The Cambodian Aquaculturist Association’s third annual meeting and trade show attracted 200 participants on Dec. 8-9 in Phnom Penh. ASA/WISHH helped launch the now 900-member strong association and continues to work closely with it through the USDA-funded Commercialization of Aquaculture